1898: Happy 125th Birthday, Lil Hardin Armstrong! (2/3/1898). She recorded and co-wrote “Workingman Blues” with King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band in Richmond on 10/5/1923. It appeared on Gennett 5275, Biltmore 1028, and Tempo R-29.
1922: Ernest Hare recorded “Why the Difference Is in the Tone” in NYC. This appeared as an unnumbered demonstration recording as to the superiority of Starr’s line of phonographs.
1926: Fiddlin’ Sam Long recorded “Echoes of the Ozarks” in Richmond. It appeared on Gennett 3284, Challenge 103, and Buddy 8018. The recording featured Long (f) and Roy Kastner (g).
Gennett Records Discography 